Weekend Wishlist: Spring in my Step

Happy first day of Spring! In honour of the vernal equinox today's wishlist is brought to you by the keyword: SPRING!


Plus Size Fashions

hankietankie, poppyswickedgarden, Ananya


sandmaiden, jibrionline

Necklaces

CharmedFrog, timssally, SparklePeach


minasaez, pinkavenger

Brooches

albenaben, EatenApple, jamieguevarra


LaCadre, nati

Photography

OldHound, Kristybee, ChelseaVictoria


staceywinters, mfayrephotography

Art

LinArt, bitowhimsey, ravenrocksstudio


susannajarian, thepoppytree

Bedroom Textiles

belleandboo, DesignYourHome, WhatKnotShopByEmilie


PrettyLoot, AtelierAfra

Bags & Purses

daphnenen, pocketcarnival, rainbowswirlz


hibaNgDesigns, bergenbags

Music Monday: Marina and the Diamonds

A Sensible Woman

There is nothing so wrong
in this world that
a sensible woman
can't fix in the
course of an afternoon.
Jean Giraudoux

Saturday, March 6th I took part in my local Zonta Club's "Card Making Extravaganza". It was a full day of learning new card making techniques! Also, as with all of their "extravaganzas" there is an opportunity to take part in a card contest. All attendees are given the theme ahead of time, and you have the option to make a card and bring it to be judged anonymously by all the other attendees.

Since it was the Saturday just prior to International Women's Day, the theme was "women and strength".

And guess what? My card won second place!

Products Used:

• Mod Girl stamp by Paper Candy
• 'Sensible Woman' stamp by Dawn Houser for Inkadinkado
  
• 'Polka Dot Basics' stamp by Papertrey Ink
  
• 'Easy Going' paper by BasicGrey (offbeat collection)
• Distress Ink in 'Fired Brick' by Tim Holtz for Ranger
• Distress Ink in 'Black Soot' by Tim Holtz for Ranger
• Distress Ink in 'Tea Dye' by Tim Holtz for Ranger
• Essentials 5 flowers in 'Make Me Happy' by Prima
• 'Vintage Hip' buttons by Making Memories
• Onyx glitter by Martha Stewart for EK Success
  
• Edge Distresser by Heidi Swapp
• Heart border stamp by Studio G
  
• Coloured Pencils by Prismacolor
  
• Generic White and Craft cardstock
  

Weekend Wishlist: Pop Goes the World

It's been a while since I randomly searched around on Etsy, and even longer since I posted a Wishlist Wednesday! I've decided to revisit the theme from my first WW post and use Etsy's "shop local" function to find fun items from places I hope to one day travel to.


Stockholm, Sweden

PrositStudio, majaintheshop, cristinapires


sarahscreationsetsy, latenightdrawing

Edinburgh, Scotland

MaggieMowbray, 13threads, cutcopycreate


TRAMPmillinery, thedandelionproject

Osaka, Japan

juriu, AYMK, happycakejewels


glamourouslove, thezakka

Auckland, New Zealand

cleobelle, IGottaHaveTHAT, victorianbird


BamBamCreative, thefeltroom

This One Goes Out To All My Crafty Sisters (and brothers!)

Music Monday: Kasabian

I first heard this song last spring and I quite enjoyed it but since then it kind of fell off my radar.
However, every day at work I listen to BBC Radio 1 online and Greg James has been playing this tune quite often. I can't get enough of it!
Thanks Greg!

Warning for my more sensitive readers... It's called Vlad the Impaler for a reason...

Music Monday: The Grates

It's not quite Australia day here in Canada but it is where it counts!
So to celebrate all the rad Aussies I know I bring you a pretty rad Australian band.
Enjoy the Grates!

Music Monday/2009 RoundUp: Most Listened Music

My most listened to artists in 2009 (according to last.fm) were as follows:

10. The Lonely Island
09. of Montreal
08. Robots in Disguise
07. Relient K
06. Animal Collective
05. The Wombats
04. 100 Monkeys
03. David Bowie
02. Queen
01. The Smiths

And my most listened to song of the year was The Smith's Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.

2009 RoundUp: The 53 New-to-Me Flicks of 2009

As I talked about in my previous post, 2009 was another unsuccessful year for my 100 film challenge, yet I don't deem it a failure. I mean, in the past 2 years I've watched over 120 films I had never seen before, many of which I may not have picked up if not for this goal.


JANUARY
Young @ Heart
Surviving the Treatment
Evil Remains
The Ruby in the Smoke
The Shadow in the North
Comic Book Villains
My Best Friend's Girl
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

FEBRUARY
Stardust
Eagle vs Shark
For Your Consideration
Just Buried
Bright Young Things
The Sasquatch Gang
Repo! The Genetic Opera

MARCH
John Cleese's Wine for the Confused
Watchmen
Bande à part
I Love You, Man

APRIL
Adventureland
Twilight
Resident Evil: Apocalypse

MAY
Bedtime Stories
Love Actually
Independence Day
Ghost Town
Star Trek
S. Darko
Dragonheart

JUNE
Fanboys
The Hangover
Chasing Amy
Year One

JULY
Confessions of a Superhero
Best in Show
King Arthur
Bruno
Lesbian Vampire Killers
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

AUGUST
(500) Days of Summer
District 9
Dogma
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Zombie Girl
Son of Rambow

OCTOBER
Zombieland
Chéri
Mamma Mia
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Where the Wild Things Are

NOVEMBER
Is Anybody There?
Disney's Christmas Carol (3D)

DECEMBER
The Boat That Rocked


I have high hopes for 2010 and maybe this year you can join me as well.
My friend BJ of For the Insane TV did last year and you can check out his 2009 list over at his blog.